NEWS

Ok, so please bear with me! There are a LOT of exciting things going on right now, so this is going to be jam-packed with information!

First off, it's MITCH Marathon time!!! Please visit our PSO page to get lots of important information http://www.mitchpso.org/events/mitch-marathon/. Marathon tee-shirts are available until this Friday 9/23 for only $12!Either send in the order form that went home with students or find the online order link on the PSO page. The pledge envelopes all were delivered to students, so now it's time to start collecting pledges! Remember to create individual student fundraising pages at http://pledgestar.com/mitch/, a fantastic way to reach out and get more support. This is our largest fundraiser for the year, let's raise lots of $$$$ for our amazing school and come out to support all the runnersFriday Oct 7 at Ibach Park!

Next, we have a new opportunity with Our Table Cooperative. When you sign up to receive their local farm weekly delivery of fruits and veggies and enter "MCS" as the coupon code, they will donate 5% back to the school! If you already have a farm share, you can email that you're a MITCH family and we will still receive the donation. There's even a pickup location super close to school at Beth Sethi's house! Here's the link to get signed up: http://ourtable.csaware.com/store/csa.jsp

Are you carpooling or walking or biking to school? Please don't forget to enter our raffle to win a Dutch Bros gift basket or gift card! And thank you for helping relieve car line congestion! Just print out the entry form and return to your student's teacher by 9/30. We will draw winners at the next PSO meeting. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJrPmvEDr6oUDlGWUJZV05fdUk/view

There have been some struggles with Helpcounter, so here's some troubleshooting information I'm passing along from our amazing Volunteer Coordinator, Kate Ark. 1) Make sure to enter the user name and password exactly as they are in the email you receive after setting up a new account. Double check spelling - it may have been accidentally entered incorrectly originally, and remember it is case sensitive so check each word for capitalization as phones often auto capitalize the first letter.2) Make sure you are at http://www.helpcounterweb.com/ci/volunteer. If you do not see the word 'volunteer' in the address you will not be at the correct volunteer page. Google sometimes directs people to the school login rather than the volunteer login.3) If you are using a Samsung phone, hit backspace after the username and password to remove any unwanted spaces after words. Samsung phones automatically insert extra spaces after words and they can be very hard to spot.Background checksDon’t forget to make sure you have a valid Background Check form on file with the school. Without a current background check on file you are not able to volunteer in the school. Please note that the school will only contact you if there is a problem with your background check. If you have not heard back, then you are good! Background check forms can be found here: http://mcs.k12.or.us/uploads/8/2/7/1/82715892/background_check_form.pdfIf you are still having problems, contact support@mitchpso.org and I will see what I can do! And a big THANK YOU to all our volunteers. We can’t do it without you!!

One last car line note: If you are volunteering to direct traffic on the street during morning drop off, please allow cars with a yellow NWRESD Parking sign into the parking lot as quickly as is safely possible. They are not part of the MITCH drop off traffic and are headed to our neighbor Tualatin Early Childhood Center.

PHEW! Thanks for reading this lengthy email! Good luck getting those marathon pledges!